Trojan plain

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The Trojan plain is the broad expanse of land surrounding the ancient city of Troy, famed as the primary battlefield setting of the Trojan War in Greek mythology.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf mythological location ⓘ
plain ⓘ
appearsIn Epic Cycle ⓘ
Quintus of Smyrna's Posthomerica ⓘ
associatedDeity Apollo ⓘ
Ares ⓘ
Athena ⓘ
Zeus ⓘ
associatedHero Achilles ⓘ
Agamemnon ⓘ
Ajax the Greater ⓘ
Hector ⓘ
Odysseus ⓘ
associatedWith Greek mythology ⓘ
ancient city of Troy ⓘ
linked to: Troy, ancient city
culturalSignificance symbolic setting of heroism and warfare in Greek epic ⓘ
describedIn Homer's Iliad ⓘ
languageOfPrimarySources Ancient Greek ⓘ
locatedIn Troad ⓘ
northwestern Anatolia ⓘ
linked to: Western Anatolia
modernCountry Turkey ⓘ
near Aegean Sea ⓘ
Scamander River ⓘ
Simois River ⓘ
notableEvent battle between Greeks and Trojans ⓘ
duel of Achilles and Hector ⓘ
primaryBattlefieldOf Trojan War ⓘ
relatedDiscipline classical archaeology ⓘ
classical studies ⓘ
mythology studies ⓘ
relatedWork Virgil's Aeneid ⓘ
surrounds Troy ⓘ
terrainType broad expanse of flat land ⓘ
timePeriodOfMythicEvents mythic age of heroes ⓘ
usedFor chariot warfare in myth ⓘ

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Sarpedon → deathLocation → Trojan plain ⓘ
Quintus Smyrnaeus' Posthomerica → setting → Trojan plain and surrounding regions ⓘ
linked to: Trojan plain
Scamander River → flowsThrough → plain of Troy ⓘ
linked to: Trojan plain